Parents of British boy with tumour blocked from seeing him, says father

British parents Brett and Naghemeh King (centre) arrive at the maternity ward at the Regional University Hospital in Malaga on Sept 3, 2014, where their five-year-old son, Ashya King, was placed after Spanish police arrested his parents. The father of British brain tumour patient Ashya King said on Wednesday he was being prevented from visiting the five-year-old in hospital, despite the lifting of an extradition order against him and his wife. -- PHOTO: AFP

MALAGA, Spain (AFP) - The father of British brain tumour patient Ashya King said on Wednesday he was being prevented from visiting the five-year-old in hospital, despite the lifting of an extradition order against him and his wife.

"They won't let me see my child because I don't have custody of my child," Brett King told reporters upon arriving at a children's hospital in the southern resort of Malaga.

"They said now he is a ward of court," said Mr King, who was detained on Saturday with his wife for having taken Ashya out of a British hospital, before being released late on Tuesday.